The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-02-17
ABOUT PEOPLEI

Leck Foster came home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen McGhee have new baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Downey have a new
boy baby.
Uncle Alex Livingston is going to move back
10 Hamden.
Judge Miller was laid up couple of days last
week with cold.
his attack of rheumatism.
Jeff. Walburn, Pension Agent, of Ironton,
was here part of last week.
"Jack" Evans was sojourning among jack
son friends part of last week,
Rev.A. W. Long undoubtedly possesses one
Of the finest bass voices in town.
James NJ. Arthur is in very poor health and
does not go out, we believe, at all.
E. Powell and Miss Ida Jones assisted Maj.
Camp in his meetings at Wellston.
Davis Mackley is improving slowly in health.
Mrs. Mackley is not yet able to walk.
D.J. Reynish is now at Colby Kansas, where
he will spend the Spring and Summer.
S. V. Hfnkle, of this place, and Melvin, of the
Labor Gazette, will start a Labor paper in Ports
mouth.
Simpson Newport spent Sunday in Jackson.
He is now working at Linton, Greene County,
Indiana.
Washington correspondents say Thompson,
OF Ohio, is one of the handsomest Members of
| The House." That is undoubtedly true
We learn of the death in Athens County, of
Mr.. McGill, husband of Miss Mary Montgomery
who some time ago visited heie. The widow
| is niece of George M. Brown, of this place.
Rev. T. L. Hughes jr., of Shelbyville, Indiana,
came last week TO see friends and relatives here.
He had been called to Portsmouth to solemnize
the marriage of his brother-in-Iaw, Earl Clare,
| and Miss Altsman.
A bill passed the House of Congress, last week,
allowing war claims-for property destroyed
to a large number of persons in Ohio. Among
| them we notice that Mrs. Mary Becker, wife of
Peter Becker, will get one hundred and five dol
lars. There is also claim of Samuel ]. Smith,
of Jackson County, for fifteen dollars.
Mrs. Isabel B. Greene, OF GAINESVILLE, died at
that place on Thursday, January 9th, in the
| 37th year of her age. She was the wife of
| Charles W. Greene, formerly of this County.
| Charles is son of E. B. Greene, formerly iden-
titled with the iron business in this County.
We have received a copy of a paper from Pao-
| la. Kansas, in which Hon. Charles Lewis is spo-
| ken of as being a very active and valuable
| Member of the Kansas Legislature. Charley is
| a Jackson County boy, son of 'Yankee' Lew
| is, formerly of Liberty Township. We glad
| to note Charley's success in the west.
| DIR. Johnson informs us that he received a let
| ter few days ago from Hon. Charles Lewis, of
| the Kansas Legislature, in which he speaks of
| Boston Corbett, as being door-keeper of the
| House of the Kansas Legislature Boston is the
! man who snot Wilkes Booth, previous to the
| latter's capture. He is described getting to
| be quite old-lookng.
| DIR. Gardner, of GalHpolis, performed an oper-
| alton upon J. H. Bum last week, and the pa
| tient has been doing quite well since. We be-
| lieve Drs. Ewing, johnson and Jacobs were also
| present at the operation. The strange growth,
| or tumor, had grown again until it was plainly
visible to those who called. 1t is hoped that af-
| ter all this suffering and the heroic treatment
| he has gone through with, the patient may en-
| ttrely recover from his wonderful affiiction.
Mrs. George Sticklen, of Colfax, Mclean
| County, Illinois, writes:
"We have had very pleasant winter so far
not being more than 2S below zero. Not much
snow, and but very little rain since last spring
till this week. 1t has rained every day which
we were very glad to see, for we were needing
rain.
There is great deal of emigration from here
to Nebraska, to hunt a better place, which ]
think is hard to find. Our brother Israel Jor-
dan will start for that part the 2Sth of this
month. He has been stopping with us for some
time. So we will bid you goodbye for another
year."